NESTS AND EGGS 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



CRANE. 



COMMON CRANE. 

 PLATE CLVII. FIGURE II. 



Grus cinenea, FLEMING. SELBY. 



Ardea grus, PENNANT. MoNtAbtr, 



rriHE Crane nidificates both on low trees') ' stumps',' 

 or bushes, and also on the top of some old 

 building, as well as upon a conglomerate mass of rushes 

 or other water plants, among high grass or reeds, and 

 in osier beds, and other such situations, in morasses, 

 and by the sides of lakes. The nest is a large structure, 

 made of sticks, with grass, rushes, flags, reeds, and 

 other soft materials. The young remain for some days 

 in the nest, and are fed by the parents with food pre- 

 pared in their own crops. 



The eggs are two they are richly coloured, of a 



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